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don aucoin review - Barmakian shines in Greater Boston Stage Company's 'Wait Until Dark' The stage version predates the famous Audrey Hepburn movie, but actress Eliza Barmakian makes the central role her own.

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CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK -- Letters from a dark past revisited in a darkening present -- Bearing marks of a censure's stamp and a government star, a few letters on view at Harvard's Houghton Library recall the vast injustice of Japanese internment during WWII — and reverberate now.

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'We're not gonna give up music and be silent': Afghan composer protests Taliban law with solidarity concert - Arson Fahim is planning his third solidarity concert, which will feature compositions that were snuck out of Afghanistan.

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Winter Arts Guide - 50 fun things to do in and around Boston this winter - Whether you're a fan of Monet or the Dropkick Murphys, our Winter Arts Guide has something for you.

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Odie Henderson: Rachel McAdams sends for help, plus more winter movies

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Chris Vognar: 10 new and returning shows to watch this winter

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Read more stories from our Winter Arts Guide

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Morrissey calls off concert in Spain after local festivities deprived him of sleep -- The 66-year-old is touring to promote his album "makeup Is a Lie," his first album in six years, which was released earlier this month.

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BOOK REVIEW - Judy Blume's books helped us survive childhood. A new book introduces us to hers. "Judy Blume: A Life," Mark Oppenheimer's thoughtful, thorough biography, makes the case that the writer, whose books in the 1970s and 80s made her famous (and infamous), was both a timeless literary talent and a person firmly shaped by the time, place, and culture of her birth.

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STORY BEHIND THE BOOK - Joshua Bennett's new book sings an ode to the America that was, is, and will be - "In some ways, it feels like the kind of thing I've been working on forever," says Joshua Bennett of his new poetry book, "We (The People of the United States."

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Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess has a new duet partner. It's AI. -- The jam_bot is a machine learning model designed to emulate his playing style and improvise while performing alongside him.

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The BUFF is back! Five days of gory mayhem at the Boston Underground Film Festival. -- The Brattle and the Coolidge play host to underground features designed to delight and disgust.

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'EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert' is a hunka hunka Luhrmann love -- Director Baz Luhrmann delivers a music-filled documentary even an Elvis hater can enjoy.

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A new Sun Ra documentary makes (some) sense of a singular cultural figure -- In "Sun Ra: Do the Impossible," PBS aims to tell the story of a man who defied conventionality as naturally as he breathed.

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Oscar nominated documentary shorts focus on Gaza, Ukraine, school shootings ... and donkeys -- Globe film critic Odie Henderson takes a look at this year's Oscar nominated documentary shorts.

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Conan O'Brien shares powerful message on the hardships of immigration in pre-Oscar appearance on 'Kimmel'

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Joey McIntyre talks Boston Legacy FC halftime show, NKOTB's Gillette Stadium debut, and more

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Five years after leaving Boston, Anjimile is still one of folk's finest storytellers

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An artist renounced his family. They sued to acquire his life's work.

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Watch the trailer: 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' is part of the new Pfeifferisance

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Late-night hosts roast Hegseth's $93 billion spending spree on fruit basket stands, rib-eye steaks, and ice cream machines

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'Reminders of Him' deserves to be forgotten

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Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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The Trump administration goes to war, by any memes necessary

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A serialized novel from a Japanese literary superstar (mostly) satisfies

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Boston has a reputation as a hub for Irish music and culture. But what about the sounds of Cape Breton?

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Bill Kurtis to leave NPR's 'Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'

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You'll be able to watch the UK version of 'Saturday Night Live' on Peacock

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Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60

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'Antiquities' questions what the future of AI might hold for us

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Oscar predictions: Here's who should win, and who will win, on Sunday night

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My mom missed her chance to see Elvis. On a whirlwind Memphis trip, we did the next best thing.

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